• Installed from the 3 Install/Cinematic/Play discs
• 1.06b is the last Classic patch before Lord of Destruction expansion ¹⁾
• Has Flamespike The Crawler

• Progress Pics

• Windows 10 (21H2)

• Install to Program Files (x86)

DIR "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\Game.exe"

• http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/diablo2/patches/PC/D2Patch_106b.exe ²⁾

DEL /Q "%UserProfile%\Downloads\D2Patch_106b.exe" & "%SystemRoot%\System32\curl.exe" --output "%UserProfile%\Downloads\D2Patch_106b.exe" --location "http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/diablo2/patches/PC/D2Patch_106b.exe" --progress-bar && "%SystemRoot%\System32\certutil.exe" -hashfile "%UserProfile%\Downloads\D2Patch_106b.exe" "SHA384" | "%SystemRoot%\System32\find.exe" "84b465bffeab842828d3ab86769f8c20a6b3c616632748bc2219086aea5de9b8641a7a576a80b4ac1422a5e6e4c5b8ad" && "%UserProfile%\Downloads\D2Patch_106b.exe"

• WINXPSP3 required for mouse side-button binds

"%SystemRoot%\System32\reg.exe" ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers" /v "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\Game.exe" /t "REG_SZ" /d "~ DISABLEDXMAXIMIZEDWINDOWEDMODE HIGHDPIAWARE DISABLEDWM DISABLETHEMES NoDTToDITMouseBatch WINXPSP3" /f

"%SystemRoot%\System32\reg.exe" ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\Game.exe" /v "UseLargePages" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "1" /f

• https://d2mods.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=61484
• Also copy Play disc's D2MUSIC.MPQ to Diablo II folder

d2nocd_pack.zip\Classic\1.06b\Game.exe

MOVE /Y "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\Game.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\Game.exe.bak"

"%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II"

DIR "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\D2MUSIC.MPQ" | "%SystemRoot%\System32\find.exe" "345,349,632 D2MUSIC.MPQ"

DIR "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\Game.exe" | "%SystemRoot%\System32\find.exe" "86,016 Game.exe"

MKDIR "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\scripts"

"%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\scripts"

"%SystemRoot%\System32\notepad.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\scripts\save-backup.bat"

@echo off

CD "%Temp%"

"%SystemRoot%\System32\tar.exe" -czf "%UserProfile%\Downloads\%RANDOM%-Diablo-2-Classic-Saves.tar.gz" -C "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II" "save"

"%SystemRoot%\System32\msg.exe" %USERNAME% /TIME:"2" "Diablo II Save Data Backed-up Successfully to Downloads"

:: End

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\scripts\save-backup.bat"

"%SystemRoot%\System32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="Diablo II" dir="in" action="block" profile="any" program="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\Game.exe" & "%SystemRoot%\System32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="Diablo II" dir="out" action="block" profile="any" program="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\Game.exe"

"%SystemRoot%\System32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall delete rule name="Diablo II"

• https://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide
• Last tested: nGlide210_setup.exe

• Video backend: DirectX
• Screen resolution: By desktop ³⁾
• Aspect ratio: Aspect correction
• Refresh rate: By desktop ⁴⁾
• Vertical synchronization: On (Default)
• Gamma correction: 1.0 (Default)
• 3Dfx logo splash screen: Off

"%SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\nglide_config.exe"

• https://github.com/kcat/dsoal

• latest-master/DSOAL.7z

• dsound.dll
• dsoal-aldrv.dll

DEL /Q "%UserProfile%\Downloads\DSOAL-master.zip" "%UserProfile%\Downloads\DSOAL.zip" & "%SystemRoot%\System32\curl.exe" --output "%UserProfile%\Downloads\DSOAL.zip" --location "https://github.com/kcat/dsoal/releases/download/latest-master/DSOAL.zip" --progress-bar && "%SystemRoot%\System32\tar.exe" -xf "%UserProfile%\Downloads\DSOAL.zip" -C "%UserProfile%\Downloads" && MOVE /Y "%UserProfile%\Downloads\DSOAL_r"*".zip" "%UserProfile%\Downloads\DSOAL-master.zip" && "%SystemRoot%\System32\tar.exe" -xf "%UserProfile%\Downloads\DSOAL-master.zip" --strip-components="2" -C "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II" "DSOAL/Win32/dsoal-aldrv.dll" "DSOAL/Win32/dsound.dll"

DIR /B "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\dsoal-aldrv.dll" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\dsound.dll"

DEL /Q "%UserProfile%\Downloads\DSOAL-master.zip" "%UserProfile%\Downloads\DSOAL.zip"

• https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft/blob/master/alsoftrc.sample

"%SystemRoot%\System32\notepad.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\alsoft.ini"

[general]
drivers = wasapi
resampler = bsinc48
stereo-mode = speakers
period_size = 64
periods = 16

[game_compat]
enable-sub-data-ext = true

# End

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\Game.exe" -w

• R (toggle Run)
• H (show/hide Help)
• Close Mini Panel

• Options → Video Options → Gamma → Half (later while fullscreen)
• Options → Video Options → Contrast → Max

• Options → Configure Controls → Show Items → Mouse 5 (Forward)
• Options → Configure Controls → Screen Shot → Mouse 4 (Back)

• Change icon

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\Game.exe" -3dfx

Diablo II

RMDIR /S /Q "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Diablo II" "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Diablo II"

MKDIR "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Diablo II Classic" & "%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe" "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Diablo II Classic"

• Change icon

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\Game.exe" -3dfx

Diablo II

• Change icon

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\Game.exe" -w

Diablo II (window)

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\scripts\save-backup.bat"

Save Back-up

MKDIR "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\save"

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\save"

Save Folder

"https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/games;windows;diablo_2_classic_1.06b"

Install Notes

• Diablo II\save\Espionage.d2s
• Diablo II\save\Espionage.key
• Diablo II\save\Espionage.ma0
• Diablo II\save\Espionage.map

MKDIR "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\save" & "%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Diablo II\save"